Books Like The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

10 books for fans of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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   Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights

   by Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Katie McCabe

   ★ 4.49 Goodreads (224 ratings)

   304 pages • 2019

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   The Choice: Embrace the Possible

   by Edith Eger, Edith Eva Eger

   Holocaust survivor Edith Eger recounts being forced to dance for Mengele at sixteen, then chronicles her decades-long path from trauma to becoming a celebrated therapist.

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   Holocaust survivor Edith Eger recounts being forced to dance for Mengele at sixteen, then chronicles her decades-long path from trauma to becoming a celebrated therapist.

   ★ 4.57 Goodreads (132.9K ratings)

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   Educated

   by Tara Westover

   Tara Westover's memoir chronicles her escape from a family that rejected formal education, medicine, and eventually her entirely.

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   Tara Westover's memoir chronicles her escape from a family that rejected formal education, medicine, and eventually her entirely.

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.9M ratings)

   352 pages • 2018

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   Shoe Dog

   by Phil Knight

   Phil Knight borrowed fifty dollars to import Japanese running shoes, nearly went bankrupt countless times, and somehow built Nike into a global empire. His memoir reads like a startup thriller filled with close calls and personality clashes.

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   Phil Knight borrowed fifty dollars to import Japanese running shoes, nearly went bankrupt countless times, and somehow built Nike into a global empire. His memoir reads like a startup thriller filled with close calls and personality clashes.

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (374.7K ratings)

   400 pages • 2016

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   Between Two Kingdoms

   by Suleika Jaouad

   Fresh from college and in love in Paris, Suleika Jaouad suddenly faces leukemia at twenty-two, then chronicles her recovery through a cross-country journey of healing.

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   Fresh from college and in love in Paris, Suleika Jaouad suddenly faces leukemia at twenty-two, then chronicles her recovery through a cross-country journey of healing.

   ★ 4.42 Goodreads (130.6K ratings)

   352 pages • 2021

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   Unbroken

   by Laura Hillenbrand

   Olympic runner Louis Zamperini survives 47 days adrift in the Pacific, then faces torture in Japanese POW camps. Hillenbrand documents an almost unbelievable true story of human endurance and the power of forgiveness.

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   Olympic runner Louis Zamperini survives 47 days adrift in the Pacific, then faces torture in Japanese POW camps. Hillenbrand documents an almost unbelievable true story of human endurance and the power of forgiveness.

   ★ 4.39 Goodreads (1.0M ratings)

   475 pages • 2010

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   Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

   by Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson

   Four Navy SEALs hunt a Taliban leader in Afghanistan's mountains; twenty-four hours later, only Marcus Luttrell survives to tell their story.

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   Four Navy SEALs hunt a Taliban leader in Afghanistan's mountains; twenty-four hours later, only Marcus Luttrell survives to tell their story.

   ★ 4.34 Goodreads (101.7K ratings)

   390 pages • 2006

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   The Glass Castle

   by Jeannette Walls

   Walls recounts growing up with nomadic parents whose inspiring dreams and devastating addictions created a childhood of both wonder and profound neglect.

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   Walls recounts growing up with nomadic parents whose inspiring dreams and devastating addictions created a childhood of both wonder and profound neglect.

   ★ 4.33 Goodreads (1.4M ratings)

   288 pages • 2005

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   I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

   Maya Angelou's Autobiography • Book 1

   by Maya Angelou

   Growing up Black in Depression-era Arkansas, Angelou survives rape, racism, and muteness to discover that words can be weapons against oppression. Her lyrical prose transforms trauma into transcendent art.

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   Growing up Black in Depression-era Arkansas, Angelou survives rape, racism, and muteness to discover that words can be weapons against oppression. Her lyrical prose transforms trauma into transcendent art.

   ★ 4.30 Goodreads (586.4K ratings)

   289 pages • 1969

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    The Bright Hour

    by Nina Riggs

    Poet Nina Riggs, descendant of Emerson, chronicles her final months with terminal cancer at thirty-seven, finding fierce beauty in ordinary moments with her young sons.

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    Poet Nina Riggs, descendant of Emerson, chronicles her final months with terminal cancer at thirty-seven, finding fierce beauty in ordinary moments with her young sons.

    ★ 4.30 Goodreads (19.5K ratings)

    288 pages • 2017

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